Devaluement

And so I stayed in the relationship too long. And things began to cheapen.
I should've stopped things months ago, but hadn't. And so as I went through the motions "the meaningful" inched closer and closer to "the insignificant". You can't carelessly spend the precious without depreciating it.
And its depreciation is permanent.
If kisses were once worth a dollar, they were now worth 70˘ and going down.
If a night together had once been worth $120 (I'm not very good), it was now worth $87.34 and falling.
If hearing "I love you too" once had an incalculable value, it now had a price tag… and it wasn't very high.
And as I cheapened things they didn't just lose their value to me and the person I was mixed up with. I was also, in the process, cheapening them to the one who would come later, the one who deserves the best and instead will get discounted merchandise.
Originally Printed on 4/29/05
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J.J. Oblivian Los Angeles, CA Age: 27 I'm in a gang called California.

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